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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
237
CR + EN + VU
Population
212,559,409
Area
8,515,767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 34
Endangered 86
Vulnerable 117
Near Threatened 97
Least Concern 1214
Data Deficient 73
Not Evaluated 2647
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 2837
Chromista 638
Fungi 463
Protozoa 221
Animalia 171
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

pinklet

Stenandrium dulce

Not Evaluated

Pink poui

Tabebuia rosea

Least Concern

Pink powder puff

Calliandra surinamensis

Least Concern

Pink Segmented Algae

Jania adhaerens

Not Evaluated

Pink-sorrel

Oxalis articulata

Not Evaluated

pink sundew

Drosera capillaris

Vulnerable

Pink Trumpet Tree

Handroanthus impetiginosum

Not Evaluated

Pink velvet banana

Musa velutina

Least Concern

Pink woodsorrel

Oxalis debilis

Not Evaluated

pinto peanut

Arachis pintoi

Not Evaluated

pinwheel-flower

Tabernaemontana catharinensis

Least Concern

Pithraj Tree

Aphanamixis polystachya

Least Concern

Pitted beardgrass

Bothriochloa pertusa

Not Evaluated

plains bristle grass

Setaria macrostachya

Not Evaluated

Plantain

Musa balbisiana

Least Concern

Plantain signalgrass

Urochloa plantaginea

Not Evaluated

Pleated Inkcap

Parasola plicatilis

Least Concern

Pleated Pluteus

Pluteus longistriatus

Not Evaluated

Pleated tunicate

Styela plicata

Not Evaluated

Plum Rust

Tranzschelia discolor

Not Evaluated

Plum Woodlouse

Porcellionides pruinosus

Not Evaluated

poatoru

Conceveiba guianensis

Least Concern

Poisonbulb

Crinum asiaticum

Not Evaluated

Pokeweed

Phytolacca dioica

Not Evaluated

Polkadot-plant

Hypoestes phyllostachya

Not Evaluated

Pomace fly

Drosophila immigrans

Not Evaluated

Pomace fly

Drosophila melanogaster

Not Evaluated

Pomace fly

Drosophila hydei

Not Evaluated

Pomace fly

Drosophila repleta

Not Evaluated

Pomace Fly

Drosophila busckii

Not Evaluated

Pomegranate

Punica granatum

Not Evaluated

Pomelo

Citrus maxima

Not Evaluated

pompomweed

Campuloclinium macrocephalum

Not Evaluated

Pond lovegrass

Eragrostis japonica

Not Evaluated

Ponto-Caspian freshwater hydroid

Cordylophora caspia

Not Evaluated

Poorland flatsedge

Cyperus compressus

Least Concern

Poor Pine

Pinus glabra

Least Concern

Poplar Bracket

Oxyporus populinus

Not Evaluated

poplar-gum

Eucalyptus platyphylla

Least Concern

Poplar Rust

Melampsora medusae

Not Evaluated

Portia tree

Thespesia populnea

Least Concern

Potato Blight

Phytophthora infestans

Not Evaluated

Potato Earthball

Scleroderma bovista

Least Concern

Potato powdery scab pathogen

Spongospora subterranea

Not Evaluated

Potato Wart Disease

Synchytrium endobioticum

Not Evaluated

Pot marigold

Calendula officinalis

Not Evaluated

powder-puff cactus

Mammillaria bocasana

Least Concern

Praxelis

Praxelis clematidea

Not Evaluated

prickly beard moss

Barbula unguiculata

Least Concern

Prickly fanpetals

Sida spinosa

Not Evaluated

prickly hornwort

Ceratophyllum muricatum

Least Concern

Prickly lettuce

Lactuca serriola

Least Concern

prickly paperbark

Melaleuca styphelioides

Least Concern

Prickly Yellow

Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Not Evaluated

Pride-of-barbados

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Least Concern

pride-of-Burma

Amherstia nobilis

Not Evaluated

primrose

Primula vulgaris

Near Threatened

Princess vine

Cissus verticillata

Least Concern

prince's-vine

Ipomoea horsfalliae

Not Evaluated

prism cactus

Leuchtenbergia principis

Least Concern

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